KERNEL YC Başvurusu

Summer 2025Active

KERNEL, B2B şirketi olarak Summer 2025 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Summer 2025
Sektör: B2BInfrastructure
Ekip büyüklüğü: 6
Durum: Active
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2025

Kurucular

Catherine JueCo-Founder & CEO
Rafael GarciaCo-founder & CTO

KERNEL ne yapar

Kernel is crazy fast, open source infra for AI agents to access the internet 🧠🕸️ - Built on unikernels for crazy fast cold starts and low resource usage - Sub-150ms cold starts on managed headful browsers - Built-in stealth mode with residential proxies and automatic CAPTCHA solving - Full observability: session recording, live view, and full logs - Persistent sessions that maintain cookies and auth across invocations - Native support for all browser and computer use frameworks - SOC 2 compliant and HIPAA-ready Trusted by Cash App, Rye, and 1000+ others. Backed by Accel & Y Combinator (S25).

KERNEL'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

KERNEL, Summer 2025 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

KERNEL

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Crazy fast, open source infra for AI internet agents

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build an open source infrastructure for AI agents to access and interact with the internet. Our platform uses unikernels for extremely fast cold starts - under 150ms on managed browsers - while maintaining persistent sessions with cookies and auth. We add stealth features like residential proxies and CAPTCHA solving so agents can operate reliably at scale. Plus, Kernel provides full observability with session recording and live views, making it easy for developers to debug and monitor their AI-driven workflows. We're SOC 2 compliant and HIPAA-ready for enterprise use. Our users range from startups to large companies like Cash App and Rye.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work in San Francisco, CA, and plan for the company to remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Being in San Francisco puts us close to developers using AI tooling and allows us to tap into the deep technical community and investor network needed to grow Kernel.

Tam başvuruda 21 ek cevap

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference tam sürümde. YC Insights'ta, diğer her YC grubu yanında açmak için ücretsiz bir hesap oluşturun.

Tüm başvuruyu gör

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

Bu, KERNEL şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

Hayır. Y Combinator gönderilen başvuruları gizli tutar. Bu bir yeniden yapılandırmadır: gerçek YC form soruları, KERNEL'in kamuya açık verilerinden (lansman notları, kurucu geçmişleri, ürün açıklaması) yanıtlanmıştır. KERNEL gibi bir şirketin YC'ye kendisini nasıl sunacağını gösterir, gönderdikleri metni değil.